As a reminder, we often respond with rejections sometimes within seconds, minutes, or hours of receiving your submission. We simply want to get your story back in your hands as soon as possible so you can submit elsewhere!

Every month we receive between six hundred submissions at The Dark and eleven hundred at CW. So a story really has to be different in order to catch our attention. (And not violate the guidelines in some form or fashion!)

It’s been a busy September but we recently accepted stories by Lisa Chen, Bibi Osha, Alison Littlewood, and Margot McGovern, for our October issue! We still have spots in November and December, though!

September’s issue brought with it three authors new to the magazine! So we have stories by James Bennett, Meg Elison, Kurt Newton, and Richard Strachan, with a stunning piece of artwork by Mona Finden.

A head’s up: due to whatever fresh hell is spreading among schools right now, submission response times may be impacted for a few days. Fingers crossed!

A head’s up: we just accepted two stories for the January issue of The Dark, but we are still short two more, and I need them in hand in two weeks or less. As an enticement, here’s a sneak peek at the cover for next month. Your name could be on the front, too! :p

Seventy-nine new submissions for The Dark, all within the last ten hours . . . :p

The joy of finding a few stories to consider strongly, later in the week!

An early Christmas present, a sneak peek at next month’s cover, with stories by Shari Paul, Nelson Stanley, Leah Ning, and Ai Jiang, with art by Mona Finden!

The newest issue is now out, with stories by Shari Paul, Nelson Stanley, Leah Ning, and Ai Jiang || 江艾 || is a smol chaos 🌑, with artwork by Mona Finden!

Surprise! We’re proud to announce a podcast adaptation of “Love Sharp Enough to Rend” by Leah Ning, as narrated by Veronica Giguere, for The Dark! Enjoy! thedarkmagazine.com/love-sharp-eno…

In brighter news we’ve just accepted two stories from returning authors, “Of Gentle Wolves” by @JamesBennettEsq and “Silk-Wrapped Love Story” by Phoenix Alexander, both scheduled for next month’s issue of The Dark!

The Dark inbox is once again empty: your best bet, at the moment, would be something on the smaller size, 2k to 4k, rather than something longer. As always, quick responses are the usual norm at this magazine, so you really can’t go wrong in trying us out!